Vrinda Dinesh hits 19-ball 52 as Karnataka beat Assam

Vrinda Dinesh struck a 19-ball 52 for Karnataka in the Senior Women's T20 Trophy in Surat, helping her side to 190 for 6 against Assam.

Opening with Shubha Satish, Dinesh hit the first ball she faced for four. She took 16 runs off Gyanashree Barman's next over and 14 off Jintimani Kalita's following over, before reaching her half-century with two consecutive fours off Rashmi Dey. She finished with 52 off 19 balls.

Karnataka went on to beat Assam by 55 runs. The innings added to Dinesh's domestic T20 record after she scored 316 runs in last season's Senior Women's T20 Trophy, including an unbeaten 118.